Just for Today

I love the five principles of Reiki…think you will enjoy them as well.

Just for today:

I will not be angry

I will not worry

I will be grateful

I will work hard

I will be kind to all living things

Although these points are enough to change my life, Bertha…being Bertha…points out that the principles can be changed to whatever I need them to be. The life-changing part is “just for today”.

So when I look at my life of late it becomes:

Just for today I will do 30 minutes of yoga after work

Just for today I will write a blog

Just for today I will practice Reiki for 10 minutes

Just for today I will not eat ice cream

Okay…in the words of Meatloaf…two out of three ain’t bad.

I love that I that I don’t have to concern myself with tomorrow…it’s only for today and today feels just right.

In the Flow

In the last month I have started three new things…yoga…Reiki… writing. All three of these are very important to me and I’m excited about them. The problem is…WHEN do I find the time to do them? Get up early? I already get up at 4:00…and 3:00 is out of the question. Ain’t gonna happen!

So here I am…little whips in hand…self-flagellating…about the situation when Bertha enters stage left and reminds me of my intention for the year. It was simple…be gentle with myself.

Of course she expounded…we are talking about Bertha! I don’t have to set my expectation to do yoga every day. Right now I’m taking a private class one evening per week. What feels doable? Just that one day? Maybe two days…three? Does it have to be a lengthy session?

The same with Reiki…how much do I feel like I can practice/study in a day…and how many days a week?

Writing…well I’ve already decided that I will let that evolve as it does.

Bertha reminds me that being gentle with myself is more about letting things evolve instead of having firm expectations.

Then she gave me a meditation image for the day… a leaf floating on a stream…

I still don’t have an answer to how I’m going to fit it all in…but it feels better to flow into it than to force it…so that’s what I’ll do…

Jane